One Week

We only have a week to go until elections. If you are wondering about our (GOP) chances in Congress, I think Charlie Cook does a good job of predicting. In the Senate, Cook puts the “over-under” at eight seats. We can hope for more, but that’s at the very least what I think we will get. I tend to come down on the side of caution. If we get more than eight, I’ll open the champagne.

In the House, Cook thinks we can at least match the 52-seat gain on Election Night in 1994, if not pick up many more. If we pick up 60 or more, I think we should be dancing in the streets.

There are also 37 states holding governors races in a week. Big ones to watch:

California: Former eBay chief executive Republican Meg Whitman against Democrat State Attorney General Jerry Brown. If California is stupid enough to elect Jerry Brown again, it deserves what it gets. California is drowning, and electing Brown would be like throwing a bowling ball instead of a life raft to California.

Florida: This is close. Really close. Democrat Alex Sink, the state’s chief financial officer, against former health-care CEO Republican Rick Scott. Florida is just always important for many reasons. It would be a big shot in the arm for us to win it.

Ohio: Democrat Gov. Ted Strickland Strickland, against Republican and former Congressman John Kasich. Ohio has lost hundreds of thousands of jobs over the past four years. Strickland is very popular, but the race is very close. Let’s hope Kasich can bring us a victory.

Pennsylvania: Republican state Attorney General Tom Corbett is polling ahead of Democrat Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato. Losing a congressional seat AND the Governorship would be a big blow to the Democrats and it would bode well for us in 2012.

Our own Texas: Democrat and former Houston mayor Bill White against Republican Gov. Rick Perry. Texas is set to gain four congressional seats, more than any other state. If Perry wins, and I have no doubt he will, it will be a big red state victory for Texas all around.

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Things are looking good for the GOP so hopefully conservatism will assert itself for the first time since that short glimmer we saw in mid 1994. I look forward to Tuesday night and watching the returns (especially on MSNBC, no matter which side you are on they are hilarious).

A couple of things I’ve been thinking about lately. Anybody remember those halcyon days when we didn’t have to be so engaged in politics? Remember not even caring what happened in DC or Austin? I guess those days are gone forever.

Will the anger ever be quelled? There is a huge disconnect in cognitive reasoning when we are told that to not provide health care for everyone is immoral. To not want to increase government largesse is greedy. Enforcing immigration laws is racist. And yet any attempt to preserve any Christian orthodoxy in the public square is attacked as hatespeech with the threat of the DoJ or ACLU coming down on you.

But hey, finally the choices appear to be very clear this time around.

We’d better finish what we started and curb Obama’s power. He’s pretty thin-skinned and he won’t soon get over this “insurrection” by the peasants. We’ve got to make sure that we put people in places to oppose him or he’ll take his rage out against us. If we think it’s bad now… just wait.

He’s already called out to his chosen ethnic groups to support him and, if they turn out in more numbers than us, he’ll reward them and hold US in MORE contempt than he already does. Obama has shown that he views everything as a race and class warfare issue.

DanMan, chronocritic2- No need to worry. The AP is already reporting that Barack has decided to put greater emphasis (greater? Don’t they mean ‘some’?) on fiscal discipline in the next two years. Phew. We can all let out a collective sigh of relief.

“And yet any attempt to preserve any Christian orthodoxy in the public square is attacked as hatespeech…”

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Sup with that???? IMHO, it’s just good ol’ Evil breaking out and showing its ugly face. This kinda thing would NEVER have been tolerated in the good ol’ days. It is mind-boggling.

Amen and amen, Chronicritic.

BO can make up the most incredible excuses for not doing his job. Unbelievable.

I cringe when I see Jerry Brown on the news. I think Oh My Achin’ Back, you Californians are just nuts! You get what you deserve! But they are still my countrymen and I have really been praying that the sane Californians will surprise us, like they did with Prop 8.

I think everyone has had ENOUGH of this Administration’s antics. BO is our best advocate because of his childish out-of-touch behavior.

Sparkle, I early voted this week (and returned two overdue DVDs to the library.) I didn’t click “straight party Republican” in case there was someone I didn’t want to vote for, but I might has well have. I did vote all Republican, and kept my paws crossed when I did. I agree with ChronicleCritic2, Obama needs to have his wings clipped.

DanMan, I too remember when I didn’t think about it too much. But at least people are paying attention like they should and taking back their right to be heard.

1. He destroyed the Clinton Political Machine – Driving a stake thru the heart of Hillary’s Presidential aspirations – something that no Republican was ever able to do. Remember when a Hillary Presidency scared the daylights out of you!

2. He killed off the Kennedy Dynasty – No more Kennedys trolling Washington looking for booze and women wanting rides home.

3. He is destroying the Democratic Party before our eyes. Dennis Moore had never lost a race – quit, Evan Bayh had never lost a race – quit, Byron Dorgan had never lost a race – quit, Harry Reid – soon to be GONE. These are just a handful of the Democrats whose political careers Obama has destroyed. By the end of 2010, dozens more will be gone. In December of 2008, the Democrats were on the rise. In the last two election cycles, they had picked up 14 senate seats and 52 house seats. The press was touting the death of the Conservative Movement and the Republican Party. In just one year, Obama put a stop to all of this and will probably give the House, if not the Senate, back to the Republicans.

4. He has completely exposed liberals and progressives for what they are. Every Generation seems to need to re-learn the lesson on why they should never actually put liberals in charge. He is bringing home the lesson very well. Liberals tax, borrow and spend – check. Liberals won’t bring themselves to protect America – check. Liberals want to take over the economy – check. Liberals think they know what is best for everyone – check. Liberals aren’t happy till they are running YOUR life – check.

5. He has brought more Americans back to conservatism than anyone since Reagan. In one year, he has rejuvenated the Conservative movement and brought out to the streets millions of Freedom Loving Americans. Name me one other time in your life that you saw your friends and neighbors this interested in taking back America!

6. His leadership has sparked the greatest period of sales of firearms and ammunition this country has seen. Law abiding citizens have rallied and have provided a “stimulus” to the sporting goods field while other industries have failed, faded or moved off-shore.

In all honesty, one year ago I was more afraid than I have been in my life. Not of the economy, but of the direction our country was going. I thought Americans had forgotten what this country was all about. My neighbors, friends and strangers proved to me that my lack of confidence of the Greatness and Wisdom of the American people was flat wrong.

When the American People wake up, no smooth talking teleprompter reader can fool them! Barack Obama woke up these Great Americans!”

I think it is pretty obvious that it is you who’s viewing it as “Us” vs. “Them”. Your thinly veiled contempt of Obama as a “them” is pretty shocking this day in age. Hate him for his politics, not for his race.

*note: It seems to me it is the President who has the Us vs. Them mentality. He told an Hispanic group to “punish their enemies.” I don’t think I have EVER heard a Pres. refer to a segment of Americans as “enemies.” I expect that from the blogosphere, but not a President. And the he has the audacity (excuse the pun) to say that Republicans will have to “sit in the back.” In an obvious referral to Rosa Parks. Good grief. It’s despicable.Bush drove us apart because the left hated him so much. Obama seems to be driving us apart by convincing us to hate each other so much-TexasSparkle

Yes, it’s one week left until election day and the media is doing it’s normal thing. It’s busting the chops of any republicans it can get any “dirt” on while sweeping any democratic “dirt” under the rug. You’d think that Rangel, Waters and Johnson just dropped off the face of the earth just as Obama’s “liabilities”(Wright and Ayers) did during the 2008 election. The media just wasn’t interested in them. But, they ARE very interested in Tom Delay and John Ensign and Sharon Keller these days. ANYTHING to make the republicans LOOK bad as an attempt to affect votes.

It even blew me away that the media TRIED to negatively spin how Rick Perry is TRYING to bring more business into Texas! They said that he’s taking advantage of a “crisis”! Shades of Rahm Emanuel! This proves, to me, that journalism IS quite dead. They have a horse in the race and it’s SO obvious now. It’s SO bad that their so-called articles SHOULD be classified as a campaign ads and contributions from their parent CORPORATIONS.

” He’s already called out to his chosen ethnic groups to support him and, if they turn out in more numbers than us, he’ll reward them and hold US in MORE contempt than he already does. Obama has shown that he views everything as a race and class warfare issue.”

Umm. i notice you use an Us and Them statement , but then say the PRESIDENT is viewing things as a race and class issue… makes you wonder about the underlying views

He’s already called out to his chosen ethnic groups to support him and, if they turn out in more numbers than us, he’ll reward them and hold US in MORE contempt than he already does. Obama has shown that he views everything as a race and class warfare issue.————–

Actually, chroncritic, I think you maybe the one that’s hung up on race as you so eloquently demonstrate in your statement.

As a person who voted for a Democrat in every race on the ballot except one, I have a bone to pick with you guys. I do not think that the government needs to be subsidizing anybody, anywhere, anytime. That includes defense contractors, corporate farms, FEMA payoffs, and oil companies. Enforcing immigration has always been at the top of my list because it is a matter of national security. When are ya’ll going to stop providing cheap labor for all of your businessman friends. All it would take is big fines and jail time, for the people who hire them. That has never been advocated by anybody. You can worship your God in your homes, churches and communities. Why is it so important that all of us have to see it your way. My grown kid will never go to church again, because I took her to the 11 o’clock service at the local Baptist church. She tells me that it scarred and scared her for life. Thank goodness her son is a Quaker.

Since Perry has single handedly destroyed Aggie football I had to go for Bill White! My Republican UT dad got a kick out of my reasoning. It was one more reason in his eyes to vote for Perry! (Of course I’m a liberal Democrat so I was going to vote for White no matter what)

Ms. Sparkle I believe you are probably going to be popping champagne next Tuesday.

When I made my statement about Obama using one ethnic group or class to attack another, I was not aware that he’d already done just that. He’s singled out an “enemy” for the Hispanics to help him in his fight. That would be those who oppose amnesty… US American citizens who believe in a nation of laws.

Of course, those who support Obama had to try to paint me as a racist in their vain attempts to discredit me rather than rebut my assertion. But, Obama himself has conveniently provided the proof of his class and race warfare strategem.

It’s interesting that people love to point out his race as being the reason people oppose him. But, what IS his race? He’s as much White as he is Black. That little fact always get buried by the race-baiters.

I also have to ask why these same race-baiters always show such loathing of Blacks when they embrace conservatism? How can they hate Blacks so much? Is it because of their race? Or is it because of their ideology? Hmmm.

You had no point, so there wasn’t anything to rebut. Unless you want to actually admit that you think Obama is trying to start a race war? OK. Here’s your rebuttal… That is legitimately ludicrous. He’s not. Where is your common sense???

As far as painting you as a racist, it was pretty easy. Bottom line, your comment was racist and 4 people called you out on it.

Obama made a poor choice in wording, but the meaning behind it is true. Just as Bill White is Rick Perry’s enemy. It’s semantics, and an “easier” word than opponent. It was hardly meant as a war cry to Hispanics to “help him” in this imaginary race war you’ve started in your own head.

The fact that Obama is half black and half white, while completely irrelevant to this discussion, isn’t lost on anyone except the people who want “that Black man” out of the oval office (and TS, before you ask me where I got the quote, I got it from the people sitting two tables over from me last night at a restaurant). Oh, and Rush Limbaugh, who said “How do you get promoted in a Barack Obama administration, by hating white people.” And the people like you Chronicritic, who think that race matters even a little bit.

Race-baiters? Loathing for Blacks? Hate Blacks? Can you even have a conversation without bringing up race? It doesn’t look like it.

*note: You are twisting Rush’s words just like you are accusing Chronicritic of twisting Obama’s words. Rush is not a racist in the least and neither is Obama. Let’s just stop with throwing that term around. But Obama does use race when talking to minority audiences. He speaks differently and he uses “code” words,like many pols do. Obama purposely used the word “Bamboozled” to black audiences during the campaign. Knowing that almost every one of them had seen Spike Lee’s “Bamboozled.” He knew exactly what he was doing. Of that, I have no doubt. But there is a difference between being racist and using race. Obama certainly does the latter.-TexasSparkle

TomTom, before I got banned from the regular Chron blogs it was always interesting to catch one of the jackals trying to pretend they were in touch with the local scene. That reistering for a party bit exposed about 20 of the 25 of them. In Major’s case I don’t care if he’s from around here or not, he appears to have gotten smart in the last two years.

That guy that wrote the letter on her next link is still registered as a democrat and you can tell he’s doing that for purely tactical reasons. Me likey!

TS – how is it twisting Rush’s words? That’s what he said, so I assume that’s what he meant? He thinks Obama hates white people. I’m not saying Rush is a racist, I’m saying he thinks Obama is. Further, there is a difference between an entire statement and one word. A word often has many synonyms, and Obama chose poorly, there is no doubt. But Rush? What’s his excuse? There is no synonym for ‘Obama hates white people’.

That’s neither here nor there, though. I used the quote from Rush to point out to Chronic that “that little fact” of Obama being both white and black got “buried” by Rush. Just as it was buried in the statement Chronic made about Us v. Them and the ongoing, inevitable destruction of our country at the hands of Obama’s “chosen ethnic groups”.

I don’t think Chronic needs any help from anyone twisting someone else’s words. Chronic’s mind is so twisted up with false assumptions/fear, that things get twisted without help from anyone else.

Did Obama tell you he used the word Bamboozled on purpose? Were you in the crowd, did you speak to “almost every one” to see if they’d watched the movie? Come on TS, you’re better than that. You can’t possibly know for sure the things you said about that. Is it possible that he uses that word in private with his friends and family? Is it possible that he’d just seen the movie and it was on his mind? There are a million and one reasons he could’ve used that word, OTHER than the ones you’re claiming.

*note: Because it’s taken out of context. Anyone who listens to Rush for a while knows how he is. He says many things tongue in cheek. He does not believe that Obama hates white people. Regarding Obama. It’s just what I believe. You can’t deny that Obama speaks differently to black audiences. He speaks with a different inflection in his voice. That’s just a fact. So why do you think it’s so far fetched that he would use a code word as well? I disagree with Chronic. I think Obama only uses blacks for votes. I don’t think he feels any real connection to them. I think he doesn’t look at things though any other view than far left liberalism.-TexasSparkle